Criminal – Escape – S.C. Law – ACCA – ‘Violent Felony’

Charging and sentencing documents in defendant’s South Carolina conviction for escape do not show whether it was a “walk-away” or a “break-out” escape, and recent changes in the law draw this distinction; the 4th Circuit vacates defendant’s sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act, which enhances sentences for prior “violent felony” convictions.
A conviction under South ...